Patent Application
20150144315
This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 102143239, filed on Nov. 27, 2013. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a heat dissipation substrate, and more particularly, to a heat dissipation substrate adapted to carry at lest one heating element.
2. Description of Related Art
Generally, in order to enhance a heat dissipation effect of a vapor chamber, additional heat dissipation fins would usually disposed on the vapor chamber already fixed with a fluid chamber so as to form a so-called heat dissipation substrate. Since the overall thickness of the heat dissipation substrate is the sum of the thickness of the vapor chamber and the thicknesses of the heat dissipation fins, as compared to the thickness of a single vapor chamber, the thickness of the heat dissipation substrate is significantly increased by much, and thus is incompatible with the trend of slim and light.
The invention provides a heat dissipation substrate capable of solving the problem of causing a thicker overall thickness in the conventional heat dissipation substrate due to the addition of heat dissipation fins.
The heat dissipation substrate of the invention includes a heat sink, a metal base and at least one elastic structure. The heat sink includes a carrying portion and a plurality of supporting portions. The carrying portion has a carrying surface and a lower surface opposite to each other. The supporting portions are parallel to one another and disposed on the lower surface of the carrying portion. The supporting portions are perpendicular to the carrying portion and surround an accommodating space with the carrying portion. The carrying portion has a first rough surface structure disposed on a portion of the lower surface, and the first rough surface structure is located in the accommodating space. The metal base is disposed below the heat sink and has an assemble surface. The metal base has a second rough surface structure disposed on a portion of the assemble surface and corresponding to the first rough surface structure. The first rough surface structure, the second rough surface structure and the supporting portions define a fluid chamber, and a working fluid flows in the fluid chamber. The elastic structure is disposed within the fluid chamber.
In one embodiment of the invention, the heat dissipation substrate further includes a plurality of fixing elements disposed between the metal base and the supporting portions of the heat sink so as to fix the metal base on the heat sink.
In one embodiment of the invention, each of the supporting portions has a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion. The first supporting portion connects the lower surface of the heat sink and the second supporting portion. A thickness of the first supporting portion is greater than a thickness of the second supporting portion, the metal base is located in the accommodating space, and edges of the metal base contact the second supporting portion.
In one embodiment of the invention, each of the second supporting portions has a first threaded portion, a surrounding surface of the metal base has a second threaded portion, and the first threaded portion and the second threaded portion cooperatively fix the metal base on the supporting portions.
In one embodiment of the invention, the assemble surface of the metal base contacts an end of each of the supporting portions that is relatively far away from the carrying portion.
In one embodiment of the invention, the heat sink includes a plurality of heat dissipation fins arranged in parallel with each other. The heat dissipation fins are disposed on the supporting portions and located outside of the accommodating space.
In one embodiment of the invention, an extending direction of the heat dissipation fins is the same as an extending direction of the carrying portion.
In one embodiment of the invention, an extending direction of the heat dissipation fins is the same as an extending direction of the supporting portions.
In one embodiment of the invention, each of the heat dissipation fins has at least one heat dissipation hole, and an extending direction of each of the heat dissipation holes is perpendicular to an extending direction of each of the heat dissipation fins.
In one embodiment of the invention, the metal base further includes at lease one opening. The opening penetrates the metal base and connects with the fluid chamber.
In one embodiment of the invention, the first rough surface structure is a lumpy surface structure, and a Rymax of the first rough surface structure ranges from several micrometers to several centimeters.
In one embodiment of the invention, the second rough surface structure is a lumpy surface structure, and a Rymax of the second rough surface structure ranges from several micrometers to several centimeters.
In one embodiment of the invention, the working fluid includes air or liquid.
In one embodiment of the invention, the elastic structure is a spring.
In view of the foregoing, since the heat dissipation substrate of the invention is assembled with the heat sink, the metal base and the elastic structure, as compared to the overall thickness of a conventional heat dissipation substrate that has been disposed with additional heat dissipation fins on a vapor chamber already fixed with a fluid chamber, the heat dissipation substrate of the invention may have a thinner thickness and may flexibly adjust the space dimensions of the fluid chamber according to a location whereby the metal base is assembled to the heat sink, and thus a heat dissipation effect of the heat dissipation substrate may be enhanced. In addition, the elastic structure may also increase a total surface area and a structural strength within the fluid chamber.
Several exemplary embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below to further describe the disclosure in details.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide further understanding, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.
More specifically, each of the supporting portions 114a of the heat sink 110a of the present embodiment has a first supporting portion 114a1 and a second supporting portion 114a2. The first supporting portion 114a1 connects the lower surface S2 of the heat sink 110a and the second supporting portion 114a2. A thickness of the first supporting portion 114a1 is greater than a thickness of the second supporting portion 114a2. The lower surface S2 of the carrying portion 112a surrounds the accommodating space S with the supporting portions 114a. On the other hand, the first rough surface structure 116a, the second rough surface structure 126a and the second supporting portions 114a2 of the supporting portions 114a define the fluid chamber C1. Moreover, the heat sink 110a of the present embodiment further includes a plurality of heat dissipation fins 118a, wherein the heat dissipation fins 118a are arranged in parallel with each other, and the heat dissipation fins 118a are disposed on the supporting portions 114a and outside of the accommodating space S. As shown in
In the present embodiment, a material of the metal base 120a is selected from copper, aluminum or an alloy of the above, wherein the metal base 120a is located in the accommodating space S, and edges of the metal base 120a contact the second supporting portion 114a2 of the supporting portions 114a. Since the metal base 120a is located in the accommodating space S, the space dimensions of the accommodating space S of the present embodiment is substantially greater than the space dimensions of the fluid chamber C1. Furthermore, the elastic structure 140 of the present embodiment is substantially a spring, which can effectively increases a total surface area and a structural strength of the fluid chamber C1. In addition, in order to enhance an assembly reliability, the heat dissipation substrate 100a of the present embodiment may further include a plurality of fixing elements 130, wherein the fixing elements 130 are disposed between the metal base 120a and the supporting portions 114a of the heat sink 110a, so as to fix the metal base 120a on the heat sink 110a. Herein, the fixing elements 130, for example, are screws, nuts, rivets or leak stopping elements having both a fixing function and an airtight and watertight function, but not limited thereto; structure designs achieving the same level of fixing effect are all within the protection scope of the invention. In brief, the heat dissipation substrate 100a of the present embodiment is assembled from the heat sink 110a and the metal base 120a with the fixing elements 130.
Furthermore, the metal base 120a of the present embodiment may further have at least one opening H, wherein the opening H penetrates the metal base 120a and connects with the fluid chamber C1, so as to extract air from or to inject fluid to the fluid chamber C1 via the opening H, thereby enhancing an heat dissipation efficiency of the overall heat dissipation substrate 100a. Herein, the opening H is able to be inserted with a metal tubule (not shown) for exhausting air or injecting fluid, so that the fluid chamber C1 enters a low vacuum state, and afterwards, the inserted metal tubule is sealed. Herein, the fluid chamber C1 is substantially as a low vacuum chamber, and the working fluid F, for example, is air or liquid.
Particularly, the first rough surface structure 116a of the carrying portion 112a of the heat sink 110a of the present embodiment, for example, is a continuous lumpy surface structure or a discontinuous lumpy surface structure, and a Rymax of the first rough surface structure 116a ranges from several micrometers to several centimeters. The first rough surface structure 116a may be considered as a type of capillary structure. On the other hand, the second rough surface structure 126a of the metal base 120 of the present embodiment, for example, is a continuous discontinuous lumpy surface structure or a discontinuous lumpy surface structure, and a Rymax of the second rough surface structure 132 ranges from several micrometers to several centimeters. The second rough surface structure 126a may be considered as a type of capillary structure. Herein, the first rough surface structure 116a and the second rough surface structure 126a, for example, are processed via machining, such as computer numerical control (CNC) milling technique, stamping or sandblasting; or chemical processing, such as electroplating or etching; or physical grinding, but not limited thereto.
Since the heat dissipation substrate 100a of the present embodiment is substantially assembled from the heat sink 110a and the metal base 120a with the fixing elements 130, as compared to the overall thickness of a conventional heat dissipation substrate that has been disposed with additional heat dissipation fins on a vapor chamber already fixed with a fluid chamber, the heat dissipation substrate 100a of the present embodiment may have a thinner thickness and may flexibly adjust the space dimensions of the fluid chamber C1 according to the location whereby the metal base 120a is assembled to the heat sink 110a, and thus a heat dissipation effect of the heat dissipation substrate 100a may be enhanced. In addition, the heat dissipation substrate 100a of the present embodiment may increase a total surface area and a structural strength within the fluid chamber C1 through the design of the elastic structures 140.
When a heating element (not shown) is disposed on the carrying surface S1 of the carrying portion 112a, the working fluid F with in the fluid chamber C1 absorbs energy E generated by the heating element and is vaporized in a low vacuum environment. Now, the working fluid F absorbs the energy E and rapidly expends in volume, and the vaporized working fluid F soon fills up the entire fluid chamber C1. A phenomenon of condensation is generated when the vaporized working fluid F encounters regions with lower temperature, so that the energy E being absorbed during the vaporization is released through the phenomenon of condensation. The condensed liquid working fluid F is returned to the evaporation location (viz. below the heating element) through capillary actions of the first rough surface structure 116a and the second rough surface structure 126a. As such, i.e., through repeating cycling steps of conduction, evaporation, convection and condensation, the energy E generated by the heating element may quickly be transferred to each part of the heat dissipation substrate 100a. In brief, the heat dissipation substrate 100a of the present embodiment may be considered as a vapor chamber having a favorable flat-plate structure with two-phase flow characteristics and may provide an excellent two-dimensional transverse heat conduction effect for quickly diffusing the energy E generated by the heating element, thereby avoiding formations of hot spots at partial regions and prolonging the serve-life of the heating element.
Several embodiments are provide in the following below for describing the structure designs of heat dissipation substrate 100b, 100c and 100d in details. It is to be explained that, the following embodiments have adopted component notations and part of the contents from the previous embodiment, wherein the same notations are used for representing the same or similar components, and descriptions of the same technical contents are omitted. The descriptions regarding to the omitted part may be referred to the previous embodiments, and thus is not repeated herein.
In summary, since the heat dissipation substrate of the invention is assembled with the heat sink and the metal base, as compared to the overall thickness of the conventional heat dissipation substrate that has been disposed with additional heat dissipation fins on the vapor chamber already fixed with the fluid chamber, the heat dissipation substrate of the invention may have the thinner thickness and may flexibly adjust the space dimensions of the fluid chamber according to the location whereby the metal base is assembled to the heat sink, and thus the heat dissipation effect of the heat dissipation substrate may be enhanced. In addition, the elastic structure may also increase the total surface area and the structural strength within the fluid chamber.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the disclosed embodiments without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the disclosure cover modifications and variations of this disclosure provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102143239 | Nov 2013 | TW | national |
